Wednesday, January 14, 2026
- Words
- 56
- Points
- 175
- Genius
- 122
- Pangram
- 1
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alcopop
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baobab
noun — A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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bebop
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blob
noun — A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
verb — To drop in the form of a blob or blobs
noun — Acronym of binary large object. (a data type that allows storage of binary data often of indeterminate length).
noun — In astronomy, a large cloud of gas. In particular, an extended Lyman-Alpha blob is a huge body of gas that may be the precursor to a galaxy.
noun — A bubble; a bleb.
noun — A small freshwater fish (Cottus bairdii); the miller's thumb.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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bloc
noun — A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
noun — A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance: e.g., the eastern bloc, the western bloc, a trading bloc, the Eurozone, the European Union.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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boba
noun — Short for boba tea.
noun — A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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bobble
noun — Elasticated band used for securing hair (for instance in a ponytail), a hair tie
noun — A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
noun — A pill (a ball formed on the surface of the fabric, as on laundered clothes).
verb — To make a mistake in.
verb — To bob up and down.
noun — A wobbling motion.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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bocce
noun — A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court
noun — One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.
Appeared in 4 recorded puzzles.
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boll
noun — The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
verb — To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
noun — An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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bolo
noun — A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
verb — To attack or despatch with a bolo knife.
noun — A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
verb — To fail to meet the minimum standards of marksmanship.
noun — A string or leather necktie secured with an ornamental slide.
verb — To dress (somebody) in a bolo.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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boob
noun — Idiot, fool.
verb — To behave stupidly; to act like a boob.
adjective — Idiotic, foolish.
noun — A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent human female.
noun — A prison; jail.
verb — To make a mistake
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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booboo
noun — A mistake or error.
noun — (by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
noun — (by or to young children) Feces.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cacao
noun — A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
noun — This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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callaloo
noun — Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genus Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
noun — A spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cello
noun — A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.
noun — Cellophane
Appeared in 6 recorded puzzles.
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cloaca
noun — (sometimes figurative) A sewer.
noun — The duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction.
noun — An outhouse or lavatory.
noun — A duct through which gangrenous material escapes a body.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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coal
noun — A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
verb — To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
noun — A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
noun — A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
noun — A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
noun — Charcoal.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cobble
noun — A cobblestone.
verb — To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
noun — Small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach, found on the north-east coast of England and in Scotland.
noun — A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
verb — To assemble in an improvised way.
verb — To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
Appeared in 2 recorded puzzles.
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coca
noun — Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
noun — A pastry typically made and consumed in the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
noun — The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cocoa
noun — The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
adjective — Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder.
noun — Coconut palm.
noun — An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking.
noun — A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar.
noun — A serving of this drink.
Appeared in 18 recorded puzzles.
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cola
noun — The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
noun — The punctuation mark ":".
noun — Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus.
noun — A cluster of buds on a cannabis plant.
noun — A beverage or a drink made with kola nut flavoring, caramel and carbonated water.
noun — The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon).
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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cool
noun — A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
adjective — Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
verb — To lose heat, to get colder.
noun — A calm temperament.
noun — The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
adjective — Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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cope
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lobe
noun — Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
noun — A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung.
noun — A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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lobo
noun — A wolf.
Appeared in 8 recorded puzzles.
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local
noun — A person who lives near a given place.
adjective — From or in a nearby location.
adverb — In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
noun — An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
noun — A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
noun — A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
Appeared in 10 recorded puzzles.
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loco
adverb — A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
noun — A certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.
verb — To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.
adjective — Crazy.
noun — A locomotive.
verb — (by extension) To render insane.
Appeared in 20 recorded puzzles.
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loll
verb — To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
verb — To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion.
verb — To let (the tongue) hang from the mouth in this way.
Appeared in 29 recorded puzzles.
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oboe
noun — A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
Appeared in 5 recorded puzzles.
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oleo
noun — Margarine
noun — The various fats and oils that go into the making of margarine.
Appeared in 19 recorded puzzles.
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placebo
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poop
noun — Fecal matter, feces.
verb — To make a short blast on a horn
noun — A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.
verb — To tire, exhaust. Often used with out.
noun — The stern of a ship.
verb — To break seawater with the poop of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
Appeared in 12 recorded puzzles.
placebo is a perfect pangram — all seven letters, each used exactly once.
Hints, no spoilers
Words by first two letters
- al×3
- ba×1
- be×1
- bl×3
- bo×9
- ca×3
- ce×1
- cl×2
- co×9
- el×1
- lo×9
- ob×1
- ol×1
- op×1
- pa×1
- pe×1
- pl×2
- po×7
Words by first letter and length
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 3 |
| b | 8 | 3 | 3 | · | · | · | 14 |
| c | 8 | 3 | 3 | · | 1 | · | 15 |
| e | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| l | 6 | 1 | 2 | · | · | · | 9 |
| o | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| p | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | · | · | 11 |
| Σ | 33 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
The numbers
Genius today takes 122 points of 175 available. The average answer runs 4.8 letters.
Word lengths, today vs. 18724 recorded answers
History
Today's letters, last seen
| Letter | Last in a puzzle | Last as center |
|---|---|---|
| a | Monday, January 12, 2026 | Thursday, January 8, 2026 |
| b | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 | Monday, December 29, 2025 |
| c | Monday, January 12, 2026 | Saturday, January 3, 2026 |
| e | Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | Friday, December 5, 2025 |
| l | Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | Tuesday, December 9, 2025 |
| o ● | Sunday, January 11, 2026 | Saturday, December 6, 2025 |
| p | Sunday, January 11, 2026 | Sunday, January 11, 2026 |
Most common answers, all recorded puzzles
- noon 44
- naan 33
- nana 33
- onion 31
- toot 29
- loll 29
- mama 27
- mamma 27
- nene 25
- cocoon 24
- acacia 24
- acai 24
- loon 24
- olio 24
- imam 23
- maim 23
- cancan 23
- canna 23
- mini 23
- minim 23
- neon 23
- none 23
- aria 22
- mitt 22
- bill 22
Valid words the Bee rejected
Dictionary words the Bee never takes
Legitimate words (per the ENABLE list) that fit the letters but aren't official answers — usually judged too obscure.
- abolla
- abollae
- apocope
- apollo
- baboo
- babool
- bacalao
- balboa
- bole
- bopeep
- cabob
- calo
- cloacae
- cloacal
- coala
- cobb
- coble
- coccal
- coco
- cocobola
- cocobolo
- cole
- collop
- coocoo
- cooee
- copal
- epopee
- loca
- obol
- obole
- olea
- olla
- pepo
- poco
- pollee
- popple